This week Melanie is joined by Alex Andrasik, Adult Services Librarian from Penn Yan Public Library and Sally Jacoby-Murphy, Library Director of the Hammondsport Public Library as we discuss book bans, and the role of librarians on the front lines of these discussions.
https://pen.org/banned-in-the-usa/
https://www.ala.org/advocacy/intfreedom/freedomreadstatement
https://www.ala.org/advocacy/intfreedom
6 Jun 2022
Summer Reading Programs
Library Director Melanie Miller sits down with Children's Librarian Kate Miller (Wellsville-David A. Howe Library) and Youth Services Coordinator Cherilyn Wise (Cuba Circulating Library) to discuss all things summer reading! Learn how little your local librarian sleeps during the summer months!
26 May 2022
Reading Through Africa: Walking on Cowrie Shells
Learn more about our Reading Through Africa Challenge. The first book we read was Walking on Cowrie Shells by Nana Nkweti.
9 Apr 2021
A Box of New (Children's) Books w/ Kate Miller
Kate Miller, Children's Librarian from the David A. Howe Library in Wellsville, NY joins us to discuss some new children's books and author, Beverly Cleary.
22 Mar 2021
The Stranger Beside Me w/ Ann Rossington- March True Crime Episode
This month we discuss Ann Rule's The Stranger Beside Me about her friendship with infamous serial killer Ted Bundy.
1 Mar 2021
A Box of New Books February
Hear about some of the new books we've added to the collection in the month of February. Everything from picture books to adult non-fiction, young adult, to adult fiction.
12 Feb 2021
Just Mercy- February True Crime Episode
True Crime Selection this month is Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption by Bryan Stevenson.
SOURCES:
Stevenson, Bryan (2015) Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption New York: One World
Walter McMillian - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_McMillian)
23 Jan 2021
A Box of New Books (January)
Check out what's new in the Box of Books this month!
23 Jan 2021
Know My Name- January True Crime Selection
Our True Crime Book selection for January was Know My Name by Chanel Miller. We give you a summary of the book, a summary of the case, and a few questions to thinking about.
Sources:
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/09/22/chanel-miller-brock-turner-rape-survivor-sentencing-memoir/2412608001/ (https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/09/22/chanel-miller-brock-turner-rape-survivor-sentencing-memoir/2412608001/)
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/50196744-know-my-name?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=bT6CdTqzT3&rank=1 (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/50196744-know-my-name?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=bT6CdTqzT3&rank=1)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/People_v._Turner (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/People_v._Turner)
Miller, Chanel (2020) Know My Name: A Memoir Penguin Books. London, UK.
23 Jan 2021
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